| Osteoporosis is a diseases that affects the strength | | | | falling in the elderly come from balancing disorders, |
| of bones and could lead to fractures. The bone mineral | | | | dementia, and/or movement disorders such as |
| density is reduced, the structure of the bone is | | | | Parkinson's disease. |
| changed and the collagen amounts present in the | | | | There are plenty of risks that aid in the development |
| bones is altered when a person has osteoporosis. | | | | of osteoporosis that can be easily avoidable. |
| Osteoporosis is most prominent in women older than | | | | Excessive drinking starting at a young age increases |
| 55. The World Health Organization (WHO) claims that | | | | the likelihood of osteoporosis, a deficiency of vitamin D, |
| osteoporosis is due to a loss in density in bone mass. | | | | smoking tobacco, malnutrition, low body mass, physical |
| The bone mass has a mineral density of 2.5 standard | | | | inactivity and the drinking of certain soft drinks |
| deviations less than peak bone mass of a healthy | | | | because they include phosphoric acid. The phosphoric |
| 20-year-old female. | | | | acid drinks tend to remove calcium-containing drinks |
| Osteoporosis occurs mostly in women following | | | | from people's diets, which in turn limits the amount of |
| menopause, in which its name is postmenopausal | | | | calcium in the body. |
| osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can also occur in males | | | | Doctors recommend that patients suffering from |
| and can occur in anyone that suffers from a particular | | | | osteoporosis need to have a strong intake of vitamin |
| hormonal disorder and any other chronic diseases. | | | | D and calcium to strengthen their bones and body |
| Medications can also cause osteoporosis, which can | | | | mass. Doctors also suggest continued exercise such |
| lead to a lowered life expectancy and a poorer quality | | | | as aerobic, weight lifting, resistance exercises. |
| of life. To treat osteoporosis, doctors prescribe | | | | Prevention of osteoporosis starts at a young age by |
| medicines and inform their patients of eating plenty of | | | | not drinking alcohol heavily or smoking tobacco |
| calcium, vitamin D, and also to prevent falling down. | | | | products on a regular basis since both of these have |
| The risk of having bone fractures with osteoporosis is | | | | been directly linked to causing osteoporosis. |
| greater if the patient falls down regularly. | | | | Proper nutrition, exercise and any needed medication |
| There are no definitive symptoms of osteoporosis but | | | | throughout one's life can also help to prevent |
| there is always that increased risk of bone fractures. | | | | osteoporosis. Experts have estimated that 1 in women |
| Since the fractures normally occur in people who are | | | | and 1 in 12 men over the age of 50 on a worldwide |
| fairly healthy, they are named fragility fractures. The | | | | scale have osteoporosis. Osteoporosis has also been |
| fractures usually occur in the hip, wrist, rib and | | | | deemed responsible for millions of fractures per year. |
| vertebrae column. Osteoporosis is part of a circular | | | | The treatment for osteoporosis took a step in the right |
| pattern of problems in the elder members of society. | | | | direction in the 1960's with the development of |
| The risk of falling is increased later in life due to | | | | bisphosponates, the main drug used against the |
| impaired eyesight. Impaired eyesight can be caused by | | | | condition. Such medications include Boniva and Actonel. |
| glaucoma and or macular degeneration. Other risks of | | | | |